Device for replacing derailed locomotives and cars



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No. 443,200. Patented Dec. 23, 1890'.

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A UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY SCHREINER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

DEVICE FOR REPLACING DERAlLED LOCOMOTIVES AND CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 443,200, dated December 23, 1890.

Application filed May 16 1890. Serial No. 352,041. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY SCHREINER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Replacing Derailed Locomotives and Cars; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to devices by means of which derailed cars and locomotives can easily be replaced upon the track; and it consists in certain novel improvements in the construction and location upon the track of replacing plates or devices, by means of which the wheels of the derailed cars can be made to rise to and take their normal running position upon the rails.

The following detailed description will fully indicate the nature, construction, and purpose of my said invention and the manner in which the same is carried into practice.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention.

Figure 1 is a plan view of a track with my improved replacing devices in position to enable a derailed locomotive or car to be replaced on the track in one minute when in position. Fig. 2 is a section taken across the track, showing a replacing device on each side. Fig. 3 1s an inverted plan view of one of the plates.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures where they occur.

A A are the rails of the track, and l3 B B are the replacing devices, each consisting of a thin metallic plate I), which is provided with angular flanges 1), extending from the outer edges near each end in oblique directlons and meeting near the inner edges of the plate, as shown at 12*. Each plate is also provided with a pair of rail-caps 6 which are 0011- structed as thin as possible, with beveled edges to present the least possible resistance to the car-wheels in passing over them. The sides I)" of the caps, which extend down the sides of the rail, are provided with set-screws I), by means of which the plates are drawn up to and held tight against the rail, no matter what its thickness or size, so that there can be no slipping or moving of the plates when the car-wheels strike them in replacing the locomotive or cars. The under sides of the plates are provided with strengthening and supporting ribs b, preferably of wedge shape, formed so as to sustain the plate with the weight of the locomotive or car pressing upon it, so that the plates themselves may be made of minimum thickness to insure lightness of construction. Sloping aprons 6* b* are formed on each end of each of the plates, which rise from the level of the ties to the level of the plates, and thus aid the elevation of the carwheel wherever it strikes the plate between the rail and the outer edge thereof. These aprons are cast or formed integral with the plates, as are the rail-caps and strengthening and supporting ribs. Upon the outside of the track where the cars are derailed two of these plates are arranged, as shown at B B, the upper faces of which lie flush with the top of the rail A, as the wheels must pass over it. Upon the inside of the rail A the plate B is arranged to lie with its upper face a little below the top of the rail, so that the flanges of the wheels will catch upon it and turn the car into right line upon the track.

It will be seen that the plates B 13 are located at suitable distances apart, so that as the derailed car or locomotive is drawn upon them obliquely the wheels on the opposite sides of the car will just about meet the flanges on the forward plate, and will restore the car gradually and easily to the track, while the plate 13' upon the opposite rail is placed a little forward of the plates B, so that the wheels of the car will be brought upon the rail A at the proper time.

lVith this device two men and the engineer oan replace more cars in one hour than twenty men without it can in a whole day.

The construction of the plates with the two inclined flanges extending obliquely upward and inward from the outer edges of the plates in opposite directions enables the plates to be used for replacing the cars from either direction without reversing the plates or changing the relative position of the plates BB. Great lightness is attained by the use of the construction described and shown, the weight of the plates being less than half that of the ordinary replacing-plate.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patr ent, is

1. A replacing device for restoring derailed locomotives and cars to the track, consisting of a plate inclined from the rail outward, having the oblique flanges and aprons on the end inclined from the ends of the plate endwise and sidewise, as set forth.

2. A replacii'ig-plate for restoring derailed locomotives and cars to the track, consisting of a thin metallic plate having the inclined strengthening and supporting ribs beneath it, the oblique Wheel-flanges, the inclined end aprons, the rail-caps, and set-screws, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY SCHREINER.

Witnesses:

I. N. KALB, C. S. DOMER. 

